Mr Cameron is promising legislation to guarantee a "tax lock", banning rises in the rates of income tax, VAT or national insurance until May 2020.

BRITON'S QUAKE DEATH REPORT PROBED

Investigations are continuing into whether a Briton was among the thousands killed by the massive earthquake in Nepal, as the Government announced it is donating a further £5 million to help relief efforts.

The British public has been urged to do what they can to help in the wake of Saturday's 7.8 magnitude quake, with a televised appeal reminding people of the sacrifices made by Nepalese Gurkha soldiers as part of the British Army in decades past.

Eight million people have been affected, according to the United Nations, by a disaster which wiped out entire villages and has so far claimed the lives of more than 5,000 people.

SALT STEP BACK 'DUE TO GOVERNMENT'

The coalition Government is responsible for a "major step backwards in public health nutrition", health experts have claimed.

Reforms under then-health secretary Andrew Lansley "stalled" the progress of a previously successful salt reduction strategy, which could have prevented around 6,000 deaths from stroke and heart attack, analysis published in the BMJ suggests.

Lead author Graham MacGregor, professor of cardiovascular medicine at Queen Mary University of London, said food has become the single biggest cause of death and ill health in the UK due to its high levels of salt, fat and sugars.

WEDDING ANNIVERSARY FOR CAMBRIDGES

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are celebrating their wedding anniversary as they await the impending birth of their second child.

Kate is already overdue, just like she was with Prince George, and the couple are biding their time at Kensington Palace before the Duchess goes into labour.

Unless Kate is admitted to hospital, the couple will mark their fourth anniversary privately in a low key way at their London home ahead of a busy few weeks with a newborn to care for.

DEATH ROW BRITON 'DEEPLY SADDENED'

A British grandmother on death row in Indonesia said she is "deeply saddened" by the "senseless, brutal deaths" of two Australians who were among eight convicted drug smugglers reportedly executed in the country.

Lindsay Sandiford, who is facing death by firing squad for drugs offences, said Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan "touched the lives of a great many people" after helping to rehabilitate fellow prisoners.

The men's executions by firing squad reportedly took place in Besi prison on the island of Nusakambangan despite calls from the Australian government to delay the killings.

NIGERIAN ARMY 'RESCUES 200 GIRLS'

The Nigerian army says that it has rescued 200 girls and 93 women in the Sambisa Forest, but it could not confirm if any of those freed are the schoolgirls kidnapped a year ago.

The army announced the rescue on Twitter and said it is now screening and profiling the girls and women.

More than 200 schoolgirls were kidnapped from Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria by the Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in April 2014.

STUDENT'S CAMPAIGN AFTER SEX ATTACK

A young woman has told how she was allegedly sexually assaulted on a city street in an open letter to the youth who has been charged.

Ione Wells, 20, an Oxford university student, has spoken out about the attack near her home in Camden, north London as she launched a £NotGuilty campaign highlighting that such assaults are never the fault of the victim.

She waived her right to anonymity to publish her article in the university's Cherwell student newspaper, according to The Times, which said she was assaulted as she walked home from an underground station in London in the early hours of April 11.

TRADER TO FACE CUSTODY HEARING

A British financial trader accused of helping trigger a multibillion-dollar US stock market crash from his London home is due to appear in court today after failing to raise the cash needed to make bail.

Navinder Singh Sarao, who is fighting plans to extradite him to America to face trial, was granted bail at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London last Wednesday.

However the 36-year-old was told he would not be released until he provided security of £5 million and £50,000 from his parents as well as meeting other conditions.

'SHOCKING SHORTAGE' OF GPS REVEALED

A "shocking shortage" of GPs has led to a 9% vacancy rate in surgeries - up from 6% last year, research has found.

GP magazine Pulse, which conducted the survey, said it showed the worst vacancy rate in five years - with some practices being forced to close as a result.

It collected data from 458 GPs, which showed practices have 187 positions unfilled.

NEW BID TO OVERTURN JANNER DECISION

Another law firm representing alleged victims of Lord Janner has written to Britain's most senior prosecutor in a bid to overturn the decision not to bring the former MP to trial over child sex abuse claims.

Director of Public Prosecutions Alison Saunders has come under intense pressure following her decision not to prosecute the peer over child abuse allegations, on the basis that he was medically unfit.

Peter Garsden, whose firm is representing three clients in a civil child abuse claim against Lord Janner, has said he wants Ms Saunders to clarify the reasons for her decision by disclosing the various reports which supported it.